Sanitary garment shield



June 24, 1930. ABRAHAMSON I SANITARY GARMENT SHIELD Filed April 25, 1928IB BA W Patented June 24, 1930' or? cHIcAeo ILi INo Is c SANITAR G E 3 IMy invention relates to 'appliarices worn for" hygienic purposes, moreparticu'ularly to such applianceses are peculiar to omen. f r pu po of st iqm d 2 that of the garment.

' readily han bag;

Menypffortshave he m ma n r j t' s p vid lfan'eppliem w ic will, mantain a sanit y yffi fn t' i m further object of U dinirntibrifiStoconstruct the novel applienceiwith elniethod whereby-to separate partshich are subject to] chafing or i inflzttnrnat thus serving to; relievethe samegf 1 Aff fiil 'f 't e l-"Q jle tv Of f'the il ej t i to designthe novel apjoliance 'with' ztn aha v sorbelit Characteristic, ovrelievc body of moisture 'randperspirationi l Ody the same in the garmentand shape end support itjin 'a, rnanner tojh'old' it 'in'intimetecontact QjWith" the Parts which itn-i s to ,v d e. i'positicnindependently of fAfine'h'hut neverthelessiiinportant object of theinvention is to construct "thel eppli ance; on lines of extremesimplicity'inforder h t i a' w in p ly pre k ce end others mayj',,s"ugges thems'elues fr m t e sp cifietion an la s 'qioll w a''tie'r' u rs d ng] fi he h qnf my be gained by reference to theaccompanying drawing, in'which f l 4 E TQl S hl l w i,"

merit ofg the'hloomer, type; may tof .di'sp1ay the n w tionencl'as 'Wo'rn, ongthec w ich can we" been 2 'IF gT i w perspe i v I "1 a 1' Vertical360131911 of Elgure l,

. lithe appliance,

to;providefconifojrt[an suchfarees of/the bod'y as c-arefsuhjecl?" 0chafing; turmng,;infiammetim ands. Strut. eon; such efforts being; to

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vided to relieve the conditionsmentionedQv but in inany casesdiscomfort-end heating remained; and nsome instances the. condi- 131011was 1 aggravated. Also, some devices i 1 were ofsuch ail'oos'e ormovable character" that xtheyi wou'ldl not remain V in place' or' ,1.would not function efiiciently for I shielding c PPIPOSeslt' has beenfmyintention 110V (164' rose 311 appliance-which; eliminates all thedeficiencies" of devices of this classin the" to a satisfactory extent;l c v 7 Referring specifically. to the drawing, .5 denotes the trunkportion: and 6 the leg por-' tions lot a typical bloomer undergarment;

' pest and fulfills} the a'ho've mentioned objects:

I use such'a garment to support and prep 1 erly 1 position the "novelappliance; "'The latter isconstructed of two similar units 7,

these being crescent-shaped sectionsfoixthin Y material; such assheeting, muslinor "silk."

The units 7 are intended to bepositionedYv x al'ong'th'e inside of theleg portionsfi ofthe c 'garment,having-their'inedial-portionsin'the"region'ofthe crotch, and their terminalpor- 76v tions "curving inthedirection of each leg toe position "eboutih'alf-way across therespectiv'e leg portions: 3 Each unit als'o takes t "an upward coursefrornfthei mediel ere'a,

towar d the 'nd g:1

unit ",7 is titched at 'tflefbettomhf the medial :portionto the "crotchmaterial-of the respective leg portions; 6, as indicated at :81 The{balance of theiunits' is; however; 160 89 until its extremities arereached ,l-i"at 'wh'ichji'oi nt itiis aagein stitched to ith frontahclfrear areesfo-ftheleg portions-6, as i'n-. 2 "dicated ati'9"and 10-res pectii elyqg;The:;set. ofunits is'flthfis enchoredat the bottofr1,f;i1.t I j "the fronfi ahd at-therear tojtheundergar-J I a 90 v ment,thus being definitely. located and ;se

cured with -1'-eferenc' e tothej latterhzer V I i "Til -liealcoveloc'zttion of'itherzgppliance reni ders" its 'rueclikz'tljpo'rtions asupward; :exte'nr siorisfrointhe: crotch of: the undergarinent; i

v [As is'-we1l -;known undergarments of the f bloomer typeereworn looseto permit ampleaf:

freedom? of leg "movements on] the-S anner t crotch end itis: thereforeTl us thecrotch oftheiunder- 1v at's; v distance considerably below V J1 I rotheritypes elf/supports or purpose-to fill the gap between the twoI crotches by means of clearly shown in Figure 1. V t By locating andfitting theappliance in the manner last-described, I provide a filler myappliance, as is which extends fully to the'heightof-thebody crotchrand.-thereforeseparatesthe limbs at;

the'region of the latter. Thecrescent design' of the respective unitsfollows from thepoint ot separation along 'eaclilinib so as' to" auga so'lthat i all perspiration and; moisturealong:

it thesprotecteld iareas-will-gb'efl absorbed. The

plies,-fhowever beingentirely "sep arated from eachaotheriexcept at the:marginswhere they are connected: by stitching orother means.

Tl eselplies will therefore be capable; of a 2'5 shifting; with themovemen 's o the e i 5 so as to loosen and help dissipate 'any'nioisture absorbed :by. t m; A 30, 16 @1 the relative shiftingof theplies of both units will induce a certainiamo'unt ofyenti-lation 7through the appllanceyhelping to cool and' p I I occupy thespacebetween' saidcrotch portion and the crotch of the wearer-saidshields being secured inside the garment atthel said f soothetheaffected areas; v o YVhile the appliance has been I V twleenithe unitsand the body on one side and i a i :betweenth'em;andtheigarrnent ontheotherside, thisjactionfibeing augmented by the liapplianceflis c 7timlike; i atame i l e belts, since such ifsupport s or belts="hug,thjg' ofthisikin diwo I can s p e i, nd lfriction a-{onth 'iotherhand sthe ooseness and freedom oi' m pp i nc h posi on prop r ymaintained;2giiz,e%itianiunn istakable}adirantageiin'therespectgcofisidered o ti itwo g y th e te t i -wi h i:'u'rther efiort.Also, special fasteners'attachments or loose accesother when the" orbendsin one or .the other twogvpliesifor eachgunitrprovidesf a greater,cap acity for absorbent: purposes. f; Further,

designed and 35 supporte'd -to-seat closely'inthe body crotch, Vyetf'eac'h gfiof .its units -ill have; a certain 5 'uan ountgof playiandloosenesson account of i body increments oi the wearer;v 1 Thus; the.

o a ,bodyie q y an are ipractically j immovable clearlyg; de'tric'es ldlseem'i P 'mQ a er \sectionsof the It willl'beseenzthat l -hayeprovidedan'ap-Q 7 T p v e of-gthi szk'in dj whichils ot-theutmost As; A hygienicappliance comprising a biwh el o th ane'iised for each "garment" ees-1:0the-improved portiongthereof, n16; gari-nent simply drawn up -'o thelimbs in the usual manner, in which event the units ,i of the appliancetake their positions without 7 sories, so that it is as easy to launderas any other portion of thegarmentl the appliance has As garments 7 V ii of thiskindare changed every day'or every feiv 7 days,

airitspurposeQ v V V -While- I have illustrated; and described beevident that the-same is capable of many ininorchanges and're'finenients andit is my I I intentionto nclude such changes andrefine,-ments as com ng within thespir t and scope of the. appended n j v JIRAhYgienic appliance colnprisii gfabi u hi ld 8'52 t. the crotch"portion'thereofand extending-above said crotch portionsofas to; '7

occupythe-space between said c otch portionij' o furcated;undergarments, and body secured the use ofany one appliance Will 7not'be'coine'so extended as to defeator inc-Q V 7 j *the' invention inthe preferred form, it "will r and the lcrotchfof the-wearer, said"shieldsbeing erected u on said crotch portion of said garmentflandpositionedoto seatfu'ponj the contiguousareasi of the; limbs between qfthe garment crotch and the body crotch.

carried at the crotch portion thereofand-Q I it hygienicappliancecompri's'ingiabi: 7 furcated undergarment,qand body shieldsextendingabove saidcrotchf'portion so as to Jim 1 crotch portion ofgarment and I at the-front;

and rear of said garment. f

113'.hygienicappliance?comprising a'bi ,fiircate'd undergarmentfandfbody j'shields 1 v carried at the crotchfportion thereof and o extendingabove. saidjcrotch portionso as to occupy the'spac'e' between: said"crotch portion and thefcrotch of the jjvearer; "said'fs hields j 7having substantially erect positions and ex,- i

bifurcated portionsfof the garment, means.

section Tofith'e bifurcated portions relis edat h b ttbm"of e med r hildportions to secure, the same tothecrotchf portion of the garment; andmeansappljied I m the shields 'inthe regions oftheirextr jmi tiesto'sec'urethe latter" to the frontandrear ve y o fur-bated;nndergarment," and 7 body Sh eld Q f w amten seem parting i laterallylfurcated 1 portions o secured wane, res wavelet-ramme bifurcatedjportions respec-',,. 1

.;carrifed at thecrotchfportion thereof"and estenaingabeve saidfcrotchportionsojas' to Jewry 6 p e tw nf ai' o h p r o f 4 H and the crotch ofthe; l V V l a -ihtuse "thefg m t is 12 g, 1th s e-tr "t .l I s is hesar' ent t med al 'and te maliportions ofthe' shieldsw '3"- tending,from sa1d crotchfp'ort oni offsa1d garment in outward directions.inside' 't'he portions, and the balance ofthe shields being or freethereof. I I

5; A hygienic appliance comprising a hi- 7 furcated undergarment, andbody shields 5 carried at the crotch portion thereof and extendingabovesaidvcrotch portion so as to occupy the space between said crotchportion and the crotch of the wearer, said shields being oftwo-plymaterial inwwhich. the plies 10 are separated except. at themargins of the shields; and means for securing the free ends ofsaidshields to said undergarment.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature,

HENRY. ABRAHAMSON. d

